Friends

Travel Boat Adventure

A little floating holiday home with more going on inside than you would ever guess from the outside.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 42664 · 2025

Pieces686

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number42664

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The verdict

This is one of those Friends sets where the play value quietly outpaces the price tag.

You lift the whole top deck off and there is a full kitchen and dining hideaway underneath, which is the moment that got me. The hull shape is a bit boxy and thin if you are looking at it as a display piece, but honestly nobody in the target age group cares, and neither did I once I started playing with the sail. If you want a boat that actually opens up and invites stories, this one earns its spot.

Best for: Friends fans aged 8 and up who love playsets that open up and reveal hidden rooms

The full review

What it is

The Travel Boat Adventure is exactly what it says on the box, a holiday boat for the Friends crew, and the thing that won me over was how much LEGO packed inside a fairly small hull. From the outside it looks like a tidy little cruiser with a mast and a sail. Then you pop the top deck clean off and there is a whole hidden kitchen and dining nook waiting underneath, plus sleeping berths, a shower, a toilet, a gaming corner, and a hot tub with a floatie. It comes with four minidolls (Paisley, Zac, Celine, and Sky) and, best of all, a mother dolphin and her baby to spot through the binoculars. For a set aimed squarely at kids, the sheer amount of stuff to do here is lovely.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats, because there are a couple. The hull shape is the most common gripe, and it is fair. The sides and the sunning deck are thin and rectangular, so if you are hoping for a boat that looks convincing on a shelf, this is not quite it. It is built to be played with, opened up, and rearranged, not admired from across the room. The other thing is value. At around 75 dollars for roughly 686 pieces, you are paying a bit of a premium, and a chunk of the parts are the accessories and larger plates rather than dense, clever building. It is not overpriced, but it is not a bargain-bin steal either.

Who it's for

So who should get this one? If there is a Friends fan in the house who loves playsets that hide rooms and secrets, this is a genuinely great pick, and the dolphins alone will get a reaction. The play features hold up, the accessories are generous, and the whole thing is designed to be pulled apart and restaged over and over. If you are an adult collector hunting for interesting parts or a display-worthy boat, I would gently steer you elsewhere, because there is very little here for you beyond the novelty. Buy it for the play, not the parts, and it delivers.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building it is a pleasant, uncomplicated afternoon rather than a challenge, which is right for the age range. You start with the hull, layer in the little furnished rooms, and finish with the removable top deck and the mast, and the standout moment is fitting the sail mechanism so it actually swings when the wheel turns. Nothing here will stump an experienced builder, but the interior detailing keeps it interesting, and watching all those tiny rooms come together inside such a compact shell is the real fun of it.

For parts value, this is a play set first and a parts pack a distant second. The genuinely new element is the sails, which arrive together on a single printed foil sheet. Beyond that the interest is in recolors, mostly across medium azure and nougat, including a couple of 16x16 plates in nougat and 8x8 grille plates in lime that are handy in bulk. The printed light aqua jumping dolphin with the bottom axle holder is the piece collectors will actually want to pull out. It is a nice element, but on its own it is a thin haul if parts are your reason for buying.

Fun facts

01Lift the entire top deck off and a hidden kitchen and dining area is revealed underneath, one of the set's signature surprise-reveal features.
02The sail is connected to the steering wheel, so turning the wheel actually swings the sail across the boat.
03It comes with two dolphins, a mother and her baby, meant to be spotted through the boat's binoculars.
04The only genuinely new mold in the set is the pair of sails, which come joined together on a single foil sheet.